Tying appliance.



PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908.

D. BAGKLUND.

TYING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, 1907.

WITNESSES mu m DANIEL BAGKIIUNI), OF BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO P. .T. RUSSELL,

; OF .BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA.

ITE snares Parana OFFICE.

rynve APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

No. 891,790. Patented June 2a, 1908.

Application filed November 30,1907. ,semiuaioitui.

view of the app To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL BACKLUND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bemidji, in the county of Beltrami and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tying Appliances; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful ini- I provements is tying appliances and more particularly to that class adapted to be used in securing letters or like objects into bundles and my ob 'ect is to provide means forquickly securing the tying cord in position around the bundle.

A further chest is to provide means for securing the end of the tying cord when the cord is disposed around a bundle.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accomnanying drawings which are made a part of t llS application, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved tying appliance applied to use. Fig. 21s a top p an view thereof, and, Fig. 3 is a perspective iance ready to be applied to use. g

Referring to the drawings in which 'similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throu hunt the several views, 1 indicates a bundle or package such as is formed by bunching'letters together and in order to secure the letters in their bunched position, so that the mav be readily and quickl handled am carried in their bunched position to their destination, I provide my improved form of tying device which consists of a body ortion 2, which is preferably constructed o metal andhas a tubular socket 3 extending from one ed e thereof, said socket being formed by benr ing a section of the body until the meeting edges thereof are brou ht together and in this socket is se- CUIQt one end of a tying cord 4.

In applying the securing device to use, the body 1 is placed on top of the bundle and preferably at the center thereof, after which .on a hoe opposite direction and the free end of tho cord is then anchored by passing the same around a hook 6 extending upwardl from the opposite ed e of the body from that 0c cupied by the book 5 and in engagement with a downwardly extending hook 7 on the same edge of the bod Y 1 as that occupied by the hook 6 and it wil be readily seen that in thus enga ing the end of the cord, the end thereof will be )revented from slipping, as that portion of the cord between the hooks 6 and 7 is in engagement with and slightly loo ed over the edge of the body, it being UIIL erstood, of course, that the space between the hooks and body portion are such as to snugly receive the cord.

When the tying up liance is not in use, the same may be suspem ed from a nail or es ecially prepared rack for the purpose. Ilhe body portion 2 is provided through its central portion with an opening 8, through which the supporting device is adapted to take and support the tying appliance when the same is not in use and by so disposing the tying device, it will be seen that the cord will be in posltionto be quickly dis osed around a package and that a neat num er of the devices may be suspended from the same support. It will thus be seen that I have provided a very cheap and economical form of tying ap liance and one that can be readily and quic 'ly applied to use and which is practically indestructible and when removedfrom the ackage, the device can be strung ii or other convenient receptacle and in position to be again readily applied to use.

It will further be seen that byemployin my improved form of tie and dispensing with the cord usually employed for this purpose, a great saving in timeand labor, as well as the cost of the cord, is accomplished.

What I claim is: r The herein described tying up liance comprising a body, a portion of SSHCI) body being rolled to form a socket centrally of one ed e of the body, a hook on one edge of the body In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification 111 the presence of two SLlbSCIlbl-Ilg witnesses. 1

DANIEL BACKLUN D.

overlying a surface thereof, a hook on the opposite edge of the body overlying a surface i thereof and in alineinent with the first named hook, a second hook on the same edge overi lying the opposite surface of the body, and a tying cord having one of its ends fixed in e the socket.

W'itnesses:

P. J. RUSS LL, WILLIAM ll. R'UssELL. 

